What’s your best Urban Yarn?

When I was starting to knit for real (in 2004), I discovered Urban Yarns. I bought my first needles and yarn there, got loads of encouragement on my first (somewhat dubious) projects, and learned a ton from the friendly and helpful staff.

I can’t believe that was ten years ago! Urban Yarns is celebrating their 10th anniversary, and I’m helping. Since the spring, I’ve been working with a great group of designers to create a book of new patterns, all by people who have some kind of connection to Urban Yarns: we’ve shopped there or worked there, and we all feel like it’s our knitting home.

We want to include some other stories in the book as well, so the shop is having a contest: tell them your best Urban Yarns story in 250 words or less, and you could win a copy of the new book, plus a gift card to the shop. Check out all the details here. And stay tuned for more details about the new book.